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                                        <h5>Donald W. Davies</h5>
                                        <p>Donald Davies was responsible for one of the fundamental concepts that enables today's advanced computer networking systems: <strong>digital packet-switching</strong>.</p>
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                                            <span>Donald Watts Davies <br/>(Photo courtesy of NPL)</span>
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                                        <h2>Packet Switching</h2>
                                        <p>Donald Davies, a British network pioneer known today as one of the co-inventors of the packet-switched network paradigm. [ <a href="ps/index.html">more ...</a> ]</p>
                                        <h2>Pilot ACE</h2>
                                        <p>Davies has contributed in many fields and Pilot Ace, London's first general purpose stored program electronic digital computer is one of them. [ <a href="pilotace/index.html">more ...</a> ]</p>
                                        <h2>Security</h2>
                                        <p>Davies' proposals submitted during 1960s reveals his consideration for security of computer networks. [ <a href="security/index.html">more ...</a> ]</p>
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